Second only to our love of traveling is eating. Aside from the amazing sushi, wonderful ramen, and delicious vendor foods (takoyaki, etc), the most amazing meal we have had to date was eaten in Takayama, Japan. The food in Japan has quite the variety! As self-respecting carnivores, Erica and I live for meat. After hearing… Continue reading Food in Japan – Eating Our Way Through Takayama
Nestled in a valley in the Yamashiro Basin, lies the beautiful city of Kyoto. With such beauty all around, it is no wonder there are so many things to do in Kyoto. While preparing for our trip to Kyoto, we were warned that it is incredibly hot there during the summer (and equally cold during… Continue reading Things to do in Kyoto, Japan
Tokyo is a city that needs no introduction. This de-facto capital served as the starting and finishing point of our 3 week trek through Japan. While we only averaged a couple days in most cities, a solid week was allocated for Tokyo alone. However, even with 7 days to wander the streets, we barely scraped… Continue reading Things to do in Tokyo, Japan
After very brief stints in Tokyo and Nagoya (both of which we'd come back to later in the trip), we made our way to the first city on our list, Hiroshima. Here are a few things to do in Hiroshima, Japan if you find yourself there. We called ahead and found a nice hostel in… Continue reading Things to do in Hiroshima, Japan
Osaka is a massive city, second only to Tokyo. While our time here was short, it was easily the single most amazing night we had in Japan. There is no shortage of things to do in Osaka. After wandering down the narrow street past many adult clubs, we found our hostel for the night -… Continue reading Things to do in Osaka, Japan
Nagoya is one of the largest cities in Japan. However, our time there was spent in the peaceful outskirts of the rural farming areas where we were invited to use our friend/travel companion Michael's host family's house as our base of operations for the trip. This lead to quite the cultural exchange. After spending our… Continue reading Nagoya, Japan 2008
